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108 Student-Athletes Earn USA South All-Academic

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- The USA South Athletic Conference announced its 2015-16 All-Academic honorees on Wednesday and 108 Covenant student-athletes were recognized. To be qualified for the honor, student-athletes must have at least a 3.0 GPA in both the fall and spring semesters and compete on a varsity team.

This season, a record 1,467 student-athletes from across the USA South earned Academic All-Conference honors.

The 108 student-athletes is a Covenant record since joining the USA South in 2031-14. Covenant has seen an increase in honorees from the institution in each of the first three seasons in the conference.

Leading the way for Covenant was women's soccer and volleyball. Women's soccer had a program-record 20 players earn honors while volleyball had 13, also a program best. Baseball tallied 13 All-Academic honorees and men's soccer produced 12. Softball and women's cross country had eight apiece.